#8E5DE7#8E5DE7

#8E5DE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.200 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5DE7
RGB	rgb(142, 93, 231)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 59.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 49.30, -63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 80.07, 308.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.0883 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.2 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4898, 19.3485, 77.7667)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5DE7 #B6E75D

analogous

#5D71E7 #8E5DE7 #D35DE7

triadic

#8E5DE7 #E78E5D #5DE78E

tetradic

#8E5DE7 #E75D71 #B6E75D #5DE7D3

square

#8E5DE7 #E75D71 #B6E75D #5DE7D3

split-complementary

#8E5DE7 #E7D35D #71E75D

monochromatic

#4F1AB0 #6928DF #8E5DE7 #B392EF #D8C8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8E5DE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8E5DE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5DE7

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5DE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5DE7	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C78E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5de7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 93, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.200 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48def',
    500: '#8e5de7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5de7;
$custom-light: #b48def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5de7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.304,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59938,
    "c": 0.20007,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5DE7

secondary

#D7E8B7

accent

#D60F90

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5DE7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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